Kenshiro Oguri
(he/him/his)
2022 -
Assistant Professor
Degrees
Ph.D., The University of Colorado Boulder, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, 2021
M.S., The University of Tokyo, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2017
B.S., The University of Tokyo, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2015
M.S., The University of Tokyo, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2017
B.S., The University of Tokyo, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2015
Contact
701 W. Stadium Ave.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045
Interests
Astrodynamics; Space Mission Design; Space Trajectory Optimization; Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC); Spacecraft Autonomy; Optimal Control
Awards and Major Appointments
Awards for Dr. Oguri:
NASA Early Career Faculty Award, 2025
JPL Center for Academic Partnership Award, 2025
AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics Excellent Reviewer, 2022, 2024
Purdue College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award, 2022
Masason Foundation Fellow, 2017-2021
AAS John V. Breakwell Student Paper Award, 2018
Japanese Government JSPS DC1 Research Fellow, 2017
Japanese Government MEXT Leading Graduate School Scholarship, 2015-2017
UTokyo University President's Award, 2015
Awards for Dr. Oguri's advisees:
AAS John V. Breakwell Student Paper Award, 2023, 2024, 2025
Draper Scholarship, 2025
Cassyni CMDA Astronomy Seminar, 2025
American Control Conference Student Travel Award, 2025
Space Imaging Workshop Best Student Paper Award, 2024
NASA NSTGRO Fellow, 2024
AAS GNC Conference Student Paper Competition Second Prize, 2024
Fulbright Scholar, 2022
Major appointments:
Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, 2022-present
Associate Editor, American Control Conference, American Automatic Control Council, 2023-present
Faculty Council Member, Purdue Engineering Initiative in Cislunar Space, 2024-present
Technical Committee Member, Space Flight Mechanics Committee, American Astronautical Society, 2025-present
NASA JPL Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 2021
NASA JPL Visiting Student Researcher, California Institute of Technology, 2018, 2019
JAXA ISAS Assistant Researcher, 2015-2017
NASA Early Career Faculty Award, 2025
JPL Center for Academic Partnership Award, 2025
AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics Excellent Reviewer, 2022, 2024
Purdue College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award, 2022
Masason Foundation Fellow, 2017-2021
AAS John V. Breakwell Student Paper Award, 2018
Japanese Government JSPS DC1 Research Fellow, 2017
Japanese Government MEXT Leading Graduate School Scholarship, 2015-2017
UTokyo University President's Award, 2015
Awards for Dr. Oguri's advisees:
AAS John V. Breakwell Student Paper Award, 2023, 2024, 2025
Draper Scholarship, 2025
Cassyni CMDA Astronomy Seminar, 2025
American Control Conference Student Travel Award, 2025
Space Imaging Workshop Best Student Paper Award, 2024
NASA NSTGRO Fellow, 2024
AAS GNC Conference Student Paper Competition Second Prize, 2024
Fulbright Scholar, 2022
Major appointments:
Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, 2022-present
Associate Editor, American Control Conference, American Automatic Control Council, 2023-present
Faculty Council Member, Purdue Engineering Initiative in Cislunar Space, 2024-present
Technical Committee Member, Space Flight Mechanics Committee, American Astronautical Society, 2025-present
NASA JPL Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 2021
NASA JPL Visiting Student Researcher, California Institute of Technology, 2018, 2019
JAXA ISAS Assistant Researcher, 2015-2017
Research Areas
Research Group Website
Prof. Oguri's research interest lies at the intersection of astrodynamics, control, optimization, nonlinear dynamics, and stochastic systems. His research develops mathematical and computational frameworks that address scientific and engineering challenges in space exploration, through advancing the state-of-the-art in space mission design, space trajectory optimization, spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control (GNC), and space autonomy. In particular, his Ph.D. research was focused on developing robust space mission design methods by combining astrodynamics, optimal control, stochastic optimal control, and numerical optimization to advance the technologies for autonomous spacecraft GNC and designing robust space trajectories under uncertainty. He also leverages his flight project experience as a mission designer at NASA JPL and JAXA to blend theory and practice, to identify and address critical challenges in real-world applications, and to contribute to the forefront of space exploration.
Prof. Oguri's research interest lies at the intersection of astrodynamics, control, optimization, nonlinear dynamics, and stochastic systems. His research develops mathematical and computational frameworks that address scientific and engineering challenges in space exploration, through advancing the state-of-the-art in space mission design, space trajectory optimization, spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control (GNC), and space autonomy. In particular, his Ph.D. research was focused on developing robust space mission design methods by combining astrodynamics, optimal control, stochastic optimal control, and numerical optimization to advance the technologies for autonomous spacecraft GNC and designing robust space trajectories under uncertainty. He also leverages his flight project experience as a mission designer at NASA JPL and JAXA to blend theory and practice, to identify and address critical challenges in real-world applications, and to contribute to the forefront of space exploration.
Publications
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